Artwork copyright John Moilanen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

The Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound from the Space Needle, 1993

John Moilanen
American Finnish (born 1948)

Location: Narrows View Intermediate, University Place

About the Artwork

The Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound from the Space Needle is an example of artist John Moilanen's abstracted and geometric landscape paintings. He notes that these works "recast our perception of the present and past history of the Pacific Northwest through a fusion of abstraction and expressionism which reflects our unique local landscape character."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with University Place School District.

About the Artist

Northwest artist John Moilanen creates paintings designed to "recast our perception of the present and past history of the Pacific Northwest through the fusion of abstraction and expressionism which reflects our unique local landscape character."